Inclusion is not Erasure: Why TERF Ideology Harms the LGBTIQA+ Community

Written by Lou Gibney (she/her) *(TERF stands for Trans exclusionary radical feminist and is used to describe someone who labels themselves a feminist but holds discriminatory views towards trans people and crucially does not acknowledge trans women as ‘real women’) Trigger Warning: Mentions of homophobic abuse, transphobia, rape … I am known for somewhat ignoring […]

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There is No Pride Without Black Lives

Written by Elle Windsor (she/her) (First published in June 2020) Trigger Warning: descriptions of racist abuse, police brutality, death, descriptions of violence … Last week I was shaken along with everyone else by the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer. I still am. A man died with a police […]

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Fighting for a just society – legal rights for LGBTIQA+ individuals

Written by Luanne Thornton In the UK, the LGBTIQA+ community remain oppressed within our society, and while in recent years their rights have been acknowledged by UK legislation; equality still eludes LGBTIQA+ people within our society. For countless LGBTIQA+ individuals, the kind of daily normality that is experienced by heterosexual people does not exist for […]

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Your New LGBTIQA+ Greens Committee

Profile pictures of the new LGBTIQA+ Greens committee

Voting is now closed and the results are in. But before we introduce you to your new committee, we have some thanks to give. Firstly, thank you to all members who stood for committee this year. There was a really strong field to choose from and we hope candidates that weren’t elected will continue to […]

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